Old music and formats also had a renaissance at retail this year with vinyl posting its seventh consecutive year of sales growth.Also, six of the group’s albums re-entered the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. In the week following his death, The Tragically Hip’s overall consumption increased by 1,000% over the previous week. The passing of Gord Downie captured the nation’s attention.1 albums on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart in 2017 including The Weeknd’s Starboy, Drake’s More Life, Arcade Fire’s Everything Now, Shania Twain’s Now, Pierre Lapointe’s La Science Du Coeur and Gord Downie’s Introduce Yourself. Justin Bieber collaborated with other artists on four top five songs in 2017, despite not releasing his own album.1 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and ended the year as the second most-streamed song.
Ed Sheeran led all artists in Canada with overall consumption and had the top selling album of the year with Divide.Highlights from the 2017 Canada Music Year-End Report include: Overall, seven of the year’s 10 most-streamed artists in Canada came from the R&B/Hip-Hop genre. The genre introduced us to new Canadian acts such as Daniel Caesar and Nav, who found success on both sides of the border. R&B/Hip-Hop was Canada’s fastest-growing music genre of the year, with an 86% increase in audio on-demand streaming consumption over 2016. Audio on-demand streaming offset decreases in track and album sales, and on December 3, for the first time in history, surpassed the 900 million per week mark. Overall consumption of albums, songs and audio on-demand streaming grew 13.6% year over year. The music industry in Canada has never been stronger with record consumption, growing live music attendance and a new class of emerging artists.
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